THIS AND THAT FROM 2010-11

REVENGE WOULD HAVE BEEN SO SWEET: It would have taken the stars to be aligned perfectly, but here's what could have been for the Wildcats in the NCAA Tournament when it comes to revenge:• Defeat Wisconsin in the Round of 32 to even the score for the 2008 loss at the NCAA Tournament• Defeat Butler in the Sweet 16 to even the score of last year's Elite Eight loss at the NCAA Tournament• Defeat Florida in the Elite Eight to even the score of an early-season loss to the Gators• Defeat Kansas in the semi-finals of the Final Four to win the yearly series over the Jayhawks• Defeat Duke in the finals of the Final Four to get revenge from an early-season win

MARTIN STILL IN TOURNEY: Martin has joined the CBS College Sports
broadcast team for the NCAA Tournament. Beginning today, and throughout
the weekend, the Wildcat coach will be an in-studio analyst for the
network.
K-STATE TRIVIA: With 6-foot-4 Rodney McGruder leading the team in
rebounds this year at 5.9 per game, the Wildcat sophomore joined Keith
Amerson (1991) and Demond Davis (1995) as being the shortest Wildcats to
ever lead the team in rebounds for a single season.

And, K-State's Brittany Chambers was the only sophomore guard in the
nation to score at least 500 points, control at least 180 rebounds and
hand out at least 80 assists.

The Wildcats' attendance for women's basketball of 4,068 was eighth high
in school history, and ranked 24th in the nation.

WHERE'S RO? Former K-State great Rolando Blackman is currently an
assistant coach for the Turkey National team working under head coach
Bogdan Tanjevic.

MARTIN ON MARTIN: Late in the basketball year, a first-time media
visitor to a Wildcat game asked Martin about his sideline behavior.

Martin said, "It is what it is. I have an unbelievable passion for what I
do, and I want people around me to have unbelievable passion. This is a
young team that needs to understand that every possession is important.
Every minute in practice is an opportunity to get better. I do hold
people accountable.

"I have children and I want people like me to deal with my children when
I'm not around them," Martin continued. "I don't want them to make life
easy for them. I want somebody to hold them accountable and demand that
they do right ... not just every once in a while, but every day."
OTHER WILDCATS IN THE BUSINESS: Along with Frank Martin, there were
three others with K-State ties that took their team dancing this year in
the NCAA Tournament.
Bob Huggins' West Virginia team finished the year 21-12 with a 1-1
record in the NCAA tourney, while Lon Kruger's UNLV team finished the
year 24-9, and Mark Fox's Georgia team ended up 21-12. Both lost opening
round tourney games.

Other ex-Wildcats still in the business as head coaches are: Tim
Jankovich, Illinois State (12-19); Jim Wooldridge, Cal-Irvine (12-19);
Dana Altman, Oregon (18-17); Jim Molinari, Western Illinois (7-23); Tom
Asbury, Pepperdine (12-21); Mike Miller, Eastern Illinois (9-20); Ernie
Ziegler, Central Michigan (10-21).
TOURNEY TRIVIA: Heading into this week, it's interesting how the
East-West and the Southeast-Southwest sides of the NCAA bracket have
played out so far.

In the East-West, there were only three upsets out of the 24 games
played where the higher seed won with two of those belonging to No. 11
Marquette over No. 6 Xavier and No. 3 Syracuse. The other was No. 5
Arizona over No. 4 Texas.

In the Southeast-Southwest Regionals, there were nine upset games out of
24 played where a higher seed won, which included two by No. 11 seed
Virginia Commonwealth over No. 6 Georgetown and No. 3 Purdue, and No. 10
Florida State over No. 7 Texas A&M and No. 2 Notre Dame.

The biggest stunner was No. 13 Morehead State over No. 4 Louisville, and
for the 10th time in 11 years, a No. 12 (Richmond) defeated a No. 5
(Vanderbilt).

In the first 48 games, 15 were decided by four points, or less.

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